As we all know drugs is a disease that not only damages lots of families but it also kills thousands of people everyday. Unfortunately more and more people keep falling into the horrible hands of drugs and every time we see younger kids falling into those bad habits. The problem with most of us is that we can make a difference and instead we ignore and judge those who need it.

My mother has recently been diagnosed with the early stages of dementia and, needless to say, this is causing me concern and I’m losing sleep as a result. I’ve tried to get a good eight hours before I have to get up and start work by 9.00 – fortunately I work from home as a writer/digital typist for the real estate industry so I don’t HAVE to be up before 8.30, but even if I go to bed at midnight and read or listen to dreamy classical music on the radio for half an hour, I still find myself tossing and turning well before the end of my eight hour sleep!

Drug abuse is increasing in the globalized world. Fast communication, easy availability of information, and profit oriented underground mafia are some causes for the increase in drug abuse. Consumption of illegal drugs is spreading all over the world at an epidemic spreed.

Singapore is well known for its very strict drug laws that enforce mandatory sentence even for the smallest break of laws involving drugs. It is therefore no surprise that this South East Asian city boasts of itself as one having the lowest illegal drug use records in the entire world. It is estimated that about 2000 drug users were arrested in the year 2011 which are purportedly a fraction of the actual numbers.